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Essex County
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county in New York, United States
Essex County is a county located in upstate New York, situated in the northeastern part of the state. It encompasses the region around Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains, making it an important area for the state's natural resources and geography.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Founded
- 1799 ; 227 years ago ( 1799 )
- Named after
- Essex , England
- Seat
- Elizabethtown
- Largest cdp
- Ticonderoga
- Total
- 1,916 sq mi (4,960 km )
- Land
- 1,794 sq mi (4,650 km )
- Water
- 122 sq mi (320 km ) 6.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,438
- Density
- 20.8/sq mi (8.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 21st
- Website
- essexcountyny .gov
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Encyclopedic overview
Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,381. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Essex is one of two counties that are entirely within the Adirondack Park, the other being Hamilton County. The county is part of the North Country region of the state.
History
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